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How to Make an Airsoft Mortar

Introduction: How to Make an Airsoft Mortar

In this Instructable, I will show you how to make a pneumatic, airsoft mortar. Mine shoots 100 - 200 feet and is sturdy and durable. The simple design makes the creation accurate (tripod is adjustable) as well as compact. You may sling the airsoft mortar around your back (due to a sling) for mobility. This weapon generates a wide enough spread to hit multiple people at once. Overall, the mortar only costs between $20 - 25. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES CAUSED BY THIS INSTRUCTABLE!

Step 2: PVC Cutting

You will need to cut the PVC pipe into a 2 foot pipe and a 12 inch pipe. The shorter pipe will be the barrel and the long one is the air chamber. The deal is, I made 2 mortars. One has a longer barrel so that one has a smaller spread. The one with the shorter barrel, on the other hand, has a larger spread of bullets. The smaller one is lighter and easier to carry, so I prefer it in an actual airsoft war.

Step 3: Firing It

Shooting the mortar is simple.(i named mine Lucy) First, close the valve and use a bicycle pump to pump the back chamber to at least 110 psi for best results. Then, put uno (one) 40 millimeter ping pong ball in the front chamber. Drop a hand-full of airsoft BBs in after.Open the ball valve and hear the satisfying pop of air. The ping pong ball will propel the BBs out of the front chamber.

Step 4: Upgrades

DUCT TAPE A SLING ON! It helps so much!

Grease the tripod.(unnecessary) This lets me deploy the mortar in about 20 seconds or so.

Spray-paint it to camo with surroundings.

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Attach an air tank to get more shots before pumping the pressure up again.

note- If you have a team and need more firepower, make this. I made 2 for my team and use them to blast up the enemy's base or fort.

Instead of changing the angle of each shot to get a different range could you change the psi and just keep the angle at 45 degrees? So each time you load it you could have like a cheat sheet of what psi gets to what range.

So the basics of ballistics, is that in a standard situation, with no extra wind, or extreme amounts of humidity, then 45 degrees is the angle at which your furthest your shot will go. So, what I did, is I set up a sight with a piece of laminated paper, and a thin piece of steel that connects to the barrel, and lines up with the angle, and has the distance written underneath. I then have a target altitude knob that changes the barrel angle in minute increments in that changes with the target altitude in relation to the launch altitude. For instance, at 160 ft., and my target is ten feet above my position, then my first angle should be at 37 degrees, but my altitude angle is at .01. This means that my overall angle is 37.0122 degrees to the ground. I also have a small telescopic sight that allows me to view my target at long ranges, and estimate the range based on a small knob inside the sight that shows me two things. My elevation in relation to my target, and the estimated ranges of objects 25, and 45 yards away. With these, I put some decimals into a calculator, and voila! I have my range. In total, it takes me approximately 45 seconds to complete the entire set of requirements in order to hit the target within 10 feet.